Flyabout around Australia's Coast - Cooktown, Queensland

Cooktown, in far north Queensland, was one of the places I landed during my flight around Australia's coast.

This statue of Captain James Cook is an indicator of how the town got its name.



Cook beached his ship "Endeavour" here in 1770 and the river is named after that.





A century later, the town had over 90 pubs and more than 30,000 people attracted by the Palmer River gold rush. Today the town is much smaller and has only a few thousand people, with cattle, fishing and tourism being the mainstays. A real Outback town worth exploring.

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